Weather-strip.



110,728,244 A Y PAT'ENTED MAY 19:, 1903. 1 A. J. KITSON. I

WEATHER STRIP. AAAA IoA'non FILED 1.13.24, 190a.

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PATE T OFFICE.

EATH R-STRIP.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,244, dated May 19, 1903.

Application filed March 24, 1903.

citizen of the United States, residing at Ann Arbor, in the county of Washtenaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-Strips; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it app'ertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in weather-strips, and especially in the provision of strips which are secured to a parting-rail and held thereto by means ofa strip intermediate the sash of the window, thus entirely concealing the Weatherstrips, the edges of said strips working in grooves in the adjacent faces of the sash.

The invention consists, further, .in various details of construction and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fullyide-' scribed and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of portions of the sash of the window, parts being broken away to show the weather-strips, which are mounted on the parting-strip; and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View through the sash and weather-strip. Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the parting-strip and weather-stripretaining bar, showing the weather-strips held thereto. 7

Reference now being had to the-details'of the drawings by letter, A designates the frame of a window, andB and B the two sash, which are held spaced apart .by-meanslof a parting-strip 0, which is seated in a channel in the frame, and in'eachadjacent face'of the sash is formed a longitudinal groove or slot D of sufficient width and depth to receive the portion of the weather-strip E which projects laterally from the parting- Serialllo.14ll,363. (No model.)

strip. The inner end of each weather-strip E is bent substantially at right angles, as at F, and said angledportion is adapted to enter channels 'H, which are formed on the inner face of the bar K. Said bar K is substantially the width of the parting-strip, the

opposite edges being flush therewith, and is fastened to the parting-strip'by'means of screws N.

Bythe provision of a weather-strip embodying the construction described it will be observed that the strips Dmay be inserted in the longitudinal channels or grooves in the adjacent faces of the sash'and the bar K,

with the grooves on its inner face, fitted over the angled ends of the weather-strips and secured to the parting-strip by means of screws, and by this construction :the weather-strips may be easily replaced and aresecurely held in place withoutscrews or nails engaging the same, but-are securely clamped andiheld, so

that the laterally-projecting portions thereof will engage the channels of the sash and form guides for the same as they are raised and lowered;

WhileI have shown-a particularjdetailed "construction of weather-stripembodying my invention, it will be understood that I may make slight alterations in the various features without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isg 1. Aweather-strip comprising, in combination with the frame and sash of a window, a parting-strip intermediate the sash, and weather-strips having their inner adjacent ends angled, and a channeled block adapted to be fastened to the weather-strip and the channels of said block receiving the angled ends of the weather-strips, the'laterally-projecting portions of the weather-strips entering the grooves or channels in the sash and forming guides on which thesash slide, as set forth.

2. A weather-strip for windows, comprising, in combination with the frame and sash of a window, a parting-strip intermediate the sash, weather-strips having their outer 1ongitudinal edges seated in channels in the adjaeent faces of the sash and having their in- In testimony whereof I hereunto affix n'iy ner ends angled, a bar having longitudinal signature in presence of twoiwitnesses.

and parallel slots therein adapted to receive r said angled ends, and means for clamping ARFHUR KITSON' said block against the parting-strip to hold the weather-strips securely in place, as setl forth.

Witnesses:

WM. K. CHILDs, WM. P. JAMES. 

